Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3801, John Frey, Penn.

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Penn
Frey, John
R. 3801
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State of Ohio Jefferson County
On the 28 th day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared in open court, before the court of common pleas now sitting John Frey a resident of Mount Pleasant Township in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1833.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
1 st This Declarant thinks it was the last of April A.D. 1779 of the time in the year he is certain but of the year he is not certain. He entered the service for the term of two months and served the same under Captain David Boles and Lieutenant John Reed, he marched from Sunbury up French Creek through Wyoming Valley. This Declarant was just turned of thirteen years of age. This tour was performed as a substitute for one James Armstrong, he thinks he served in the eighth company of the second battalion of the second Regiment of the Mifflin county Militia.
2 nd In the next thinks it was in September for the plains were ripe tour this declarant served two months under the same officers as above and marched over the same region of country as above, only we were in Pease Valley and Buffalo Valley. This service he performed as a volunteer for himself.
3 rd In the next Spring about the last of May 1780 he again volunteered his service and served two months, in this third tour our captain was shot by an indian in the creek though not badly wounded, near Shavers Creek. The indians were in ambush we shot one indian and wounded another. This declarant was the 2 nd or 3 rd man from the Capt. at the time he was shot.
4 th In the next Spring this declarant volunteered and served two months, under the same officers. Captain John Reddle marched us as far as Sunbury, Then he was put under Capt. Boles aforesaid, on this tour the company staid principally about what was called the Standing Stones, and he returned home from this service or tour about the 10 th or 12 th of June (thinks in the year 1781).
John Frey 34-7-10

5 th He served two months as a substitute for one John Lemison under Capt. John Riddele in the fall of the year (thinks in the year 1781.) marched from what is called the Old Eagle to near Pittsburgh and we encamped near Little Beaver on the west side of the Ohio River while we were encamped there my time of service expired I got a verbal discharge and returned home. This declarant further states that he got certificates for the four tours he served under Captain Boles, from Capt Boles, which certificates are lost, my house was burnt in March 1825 and my certificates and all my papers were burnt therein.
This declarant states that he served under the above named officers the name of his Ensign he cannot now recollect, he served under Major Eliot, Col. James Hurl and Genl. Anthony Wayne. This declarant further states that he has no documentary evidence of his services and he knows of no person now living that can testify to his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
5/16/1864
James R. [?]
Clerk
The following are the answers of the applicant to the interrogatories propounded by the court.
1 st When and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Philadelphia county in the State of Pennsylvania on the sixth day of Dec r in A D 1760.
2 nd Have you any record of your age, if so, where is it?
Ans. I have it is set down in my testament.
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Ans. In Mifflin county near the Susquehanna river in the State of Pennsylvania, I was living when I entered the service, since the Revolutionary war I removed & in 1806 to Fairfield county in the State of Ohio, from there I removed to Jefferson county where I now live.
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted and you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Ans. The first time I went as a substitute for one James Armstrong, the

The 2 nd 3 rd and 4 th Terms I volunteered. The 5 th Term I went as a substitute for one John Lewis
5 th State the names of some of the officers who were with the troops when you served and mention the regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services?
Ans. The names of the officers were Lieutenant John Rice Capt David Boles, & John Knapp, Major Eliot, Col. James Hurl and Genl Anthony Wayne the general circumstances are such as I have before them. — The applicant wishes here to state that the reason he did not make application sooner was because he lived about 10 miles from Steubenville and on account of his bad health he has been unable to attend to the business.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. I received a verbal discharge at the time my term expired, and afterwards I got a certificate of my services from Capt Boles which certificate was burnt in my house at the time it was burnt.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Rev. Benjamin Mitchell Henry West James McCloud Esq. Robert Patterson Joseph Moxon George Mitchell Esq. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day & year above written.
James R. Wells Clerk
We Benjamin Mitchell a clergyman residing in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio and James McCloud and Henry West residing in the of Jefferson & State of Ohio county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Frey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 29 th day of August A.D. 1838
James R. Wells Clerk
Mitchell Henry West James McCloud

And the said court do hereby de- clare their opinion after the inves- tigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it ap- pears that Benjamin Mitchell who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Belmont County Ohio and that Henry West and Samy M c Cune who have also signed the same are residents in the County of Jefferson and State of Ohio and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I James Robt Wells Clerk of the court of common Pleas for said County of Jefferson & State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Gray for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29 th day of August A D 1838
James Robt Wells Clerk

October 11, 1933
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BA-J/HEL John Frey-R.3801
Mr. Harry Fry 817-819 Artic Building Seattle, Washington
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Fry, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The data furnished below are obtained from the papers on-file in pension claim, R.3801, based upon the military service of John Frey, the only soldier of that name, or similar spelling, of Pennsylvania, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
John Frey was born December 6, 1765, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the claim for pension.
During the Revolution, he resided in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, near the Susquehanna River; in 1806, he moved to Fairfield County, Ohio; then to Jefferson County, Ohio.
While a resident of Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, he applied for pension on August 28, 1838, and stated that he served during the years 1779, 1780 and 1781, about ten months in all, as a private in the Pennsylvania Troops and gave the names of his officers as Captains David Boles and John Riddle, Major Eliot and General Wayne, and that he was out on several tours against the Indians.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months in a regularly organized military corps as required by the pension laws.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

W John T. Frey Ohio
Rejected
See let 15 th June 1839 Joseph Scott let 23 rd Jan 1840 Hon. H. H. Hovey
did not receive during Rev. War,
3801
Act of June 1832

3801.
P. O. _____
John Fry
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 shows cause of
Application filed: _____, 18
rejection: "He did not serve in the
Alleges: Resolution"
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1933 - Oct 11 - Wist. to Harry Fry - E.O. 1

J. Scott
June 15 '39
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22 War Dept. Pen. Offic June 15. 1839
Rev
The declaration of John Gray has been examined. No allgns. for tons of service as a militia man of Pennsylvania under Cpt the Boles, Col. Hurl and Genl. Wayne against the Indians. That service was, after the The service performed under Genl. Wayne against the Indians was after the termination of the revolutionary war and service after said  the war terminates is not provided for by the act of 7 June 1832. The claim has therefore been rejected and the papers filed in the office.
Joseph Scott Esq Cadiz. Ohio.
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Oh! to the annyer
Jan 28. 1841.
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Pen: Office.
195 Jan'y 23 d 1841
Sir,
I herewith return the letter of James McCune 3 rd in the case of John Fry and have to inform you that his claim was rejected for the reasons stated in my letter to Mr. Joseph Scott of the 15 th June 1839, a copy of which is herewith enclosed.
Hon. H. Sverdrup. N. R.
O. C. ent.

Having date 21 st 1838
J. L. Brown Esq.
Pr. please to return an answer to this to me in kind as soon as you conveniently can and oblige yours
Isaac Scott

HARRY DENTON MOORE RALPH HOUCK HIGGINS WILLIAM B. MAGEE
MOORE, HIGGINS & MAGEE LAWYERS
SUITE 816-819 ARCTIC BUILDING SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MAIN 3270
Aug. 31, 1933.
Bureau of Revolutionary War Records, Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me a copy of the military records, if any, of John Fry of Birchrunville, Chester County, Pa.
We wish to procure these records in order to qualify for membership in the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for an early reply, I am,
Very truly yours,
Harry Fry.
Harry Fry, 817-819 Arctic Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
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